I could have told my high school teachers this 20 years ago. Always hated that bullshit.
Dana Berube
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Boston-based SFF writer, artist, Mongolia enthusiast! [she/her] Repped by @benglishhh.bsky.social
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I was only ever able to do text translation based on skill/my own brain quirks, so I have immense respect for people who do live spoken translation and interpreting!!
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I primarily translated technical and medical materials because, frankly, I was not skilled enough to translate more complex writing like fiction. The creativity, writing chops, and cultural knowledge you need to translate fiction is astonishing. A computer will never even come close.
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The translator I used to work with who could translate into 12 different languages across different language families (including Icelandic!) had more skill and knowledge in his pinky finger than every tech bro douchebag put together.
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This breaks my heart. Translating was the only dayjob work I've ever done that I actually enjoyed, but I had to stop because I couldn't make a living from it. Easily the most underappreciated and underpaid profession on earth.
Since 2023, translators and interpreters have seen work dry up, rates plummet and their jobs reduced to editing AI-generated output. Some are leaving the field, others are considering bankruptcy. All despite any major upgrade in translation quality.
This is how AI is killing translation work:
AI Killed My Job: Translators
Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.
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<3 Mass market paperbacks <3
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I made a joke about fighting one of my therapist's other clients for a timeslot, and my therapist replied without missing a beat, "You would win that fight." Thinking about it for a moment longer, she added, "Easily."
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Ooh, I'll have to check it out!
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I have gone completely feral for Hilary Mantel's WOLF HALL series. I have a TBR pile 6 feet high, but nevertheless, the moment I finished Bring Up the Bodies, I launched into all 315k words of The Mirror & the Light
In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend.
Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: Study
Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the U.S. down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study published Wednesday found.
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I LOVED this book SO MUCH
